Reform

Israel unveils High-Tech tax reform to bring talent home

8,300 Israelis working in the high-tech sector had left the country between October 2023 and July 2024,

|ByANNA AHRONHEIM
People walk near office towers at a business park also housing high tech companies, at Ofer Park in Petah Tikva, Israel August 27, 2020
US President Donald Trump listens to Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev as he speaks during a trilateral signing event with Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (not pictured), at the White House, in Washington, DC, August 8, 2025.

Time for a reset: Amid institutional paralysis, Trump and Aliyev call for a UN overhaul - opinion

The joint message is clear: the UN must adapt to the realities of the 21st century or risk irrelevance.

|ByRACHEL AVRAHAM
ANGELA BUCHDAHL in 2013. She was ordained as a cantor in 1999 at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion before going on to become a rabbi.

'Yes! I am Jewish’: How a Jewish Korean princess was ordained as a rabbi - review

In her book Heart of a Stranger, Buchdahl tells the story of her life. She ends each chapter with a homily applying a sacred text to contemporary faith, values, and behavior.

|ByGLENN C. ALTSCHULER
Britain's Reform UK Party leader Nigel Farage speaks at a news conference in London, Britain, August 4, 2025.

UK's Farage unveils plan to deport asylum seekers, warns of 'civil disorder’

The announcement comes against the backdrop of sustained, small-scale protests in recent weeks outside hotels housing asylum seekers.

|ByREUTERS

New Progressive Judaism Dept. established in Diaspora Affairs Ministry

Minister Nachman Shai has secured NIS 40 million for various projects for non-Orthodox, progressive groups • ministry budget is doubled

AUGUST 4, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON
AMERICAN RABBIS from the Reform and Conservative movements hold a group prayer near the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

Does calling someone a 'pig' sound different in Yiddish?

Porush meant that Reform Judaism is dangerous because Reform Jews “show” some Jewish practices but do not observe “all” of them.

JULY 28, 2021ByAVRAHAM AVI-HAI
Ultra-Orthodox worshippers pray on Tisha Be’Av, the saddest day in the Jewish calendar, at the Western Wall on July 18, 2021.

Israel's flood of economic reforms is exciting, but won't come easy

with so many big changes being rolled out so quickly, it is reasonable to wonder how much of this will actually happen.

JULY 22, 2021ByZEV STUB
Yisrael Beytenu MK Avigdor Liberman.

Liberman's structural reforms: Infrastructure, bureaucracy and cannabis

Israel has not had a state budget since mid-2018 due to political gridlock, and Liberman has stressed that passing a budget by November is his top priority.

JULY 8, 2021ByZEV STUB
AVIGDOR LIBERMAN arrives at the Knesset ahead of the vote and swearing in of the 36th government, June 13, 2021.

Israel needs dignified discourse in the Knesset - editorial

In a country as diverse as Israel, where good people who care about the future have sincere differences and widely varying views, a modicum of respect and decency in discourse is imperative.

JUNE 29, 2021ByJPOST EDITORIAL
ONE MAJOR DIFFERENCE between Israel’s electoral system and that of most other Western democracies is the lack of any direct connection between the people who gain a seat in the Knesset and ordinary Israeli voters.

Can the new gov't resolve Israel's deepest religion and state issues?

RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: Can the legislation that the new coalition has stated it wishes to advance actually be passed?

JUNE 17, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON
THE CHIEF Rabbinate of Israel in Jerusalem.

Rabbis need to think like entrepreneurs to improve synagogue attendance

For the past several years, the Center for Rabbinic Innovation has been training rabbis with the skills they need to build new communities.

JUNE 16, 2021ByRABBI SHIRA KOCH EPSTEIN
THEY LOVE to tell about George Washington’s speech at the small Touro Synagogue in Newport

Herb Sturz, New York driver of criminal justice reform, dies at 90

As deputy mayor to Koch, Sturz advocated for closing Rikers Island, New York City’s infamous jail complex. Rikers is set to close by 2027.

JUNE 12, 2021ByPHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
The Rikers Island Prison complex is seen from an airplane in the Queens borough of New York City, New York

Israeli reform for soldiers suffering from PTSD moves forward

Most recently, disabled IDF veteran Itzik Saidian, who was suffering from PTSD following his service, sparked protest among Israelis regarding the inadequate treatment IDF soldiers receive.

MAY 28, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi meets with family of disabled veteran Itzik Saidian

The fracturing of liberal Judaism over Jewish particularism - opinion

The growing inclination among liberal Jews to deemphasize Jewish distinctiveness is the gravest threat to the future of liberal Judaism.

MAY 27, 2021ByAMMIEL HIRSCH
AMERICAN RABBIS from the Reform and Conservative movements hold a group prayer near the Western Wall in Jerusalem.